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# lonely

«lonely» in Mova's school dictionary: **alone or have no friends to be with** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lonely, lonelier, loneliest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lonely means feeling sad because you are alone or have no friends to be with. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#m1)

2) Lonely describes a place that is far from people and has few visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In feelings lessons, everyone feels lonely sometimes, like when starting at a new school or after a friend moves away; it helps to talk to someone, join a club or ask to play, and to include children who are alone (a buddy bench helps). Being alone is not always lonely: some people like quiet time. In stories, a lonely character or a lonely place (a lonely island, a lonely road) makes the reader feel sadness or emptiness. Phrases: «feel lonely», «lonely road», «a lonely life».

### examples

- I felt lonely when my best friend moved away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x1)
- If someone looks lonely, ask them to play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x2)
- The old lighthouse keeper lived a lonely life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x3)
- It was a long, lonely road through the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x4)
- New pupils can feel lonely at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x5)
- The lonely dog howled while its owners were at work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x6)
- Talking to someone can help when you're lonely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x7)
- Grandma is less lonely now that she has a cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x8)
- It is really terribly lonely here!” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/#x9)

### note

Comparative lonelier, superlative loneliest. Noun: loneliness. Although it ends in -ly, «lonely» is an adjective, not an adverb. «Alone» means without others (a fact); «lonely» means feeling sad about it.

### In the corpora

- [They find the Mock Turtle sitting sad and lonely on a ledge of rock, sighing as if his heart would break.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/18-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-2/3/)
- [That night, on a lonely common under the stars, Toad boasts: «This is the real life for a gentleman!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/3/)
- [A simile compares two things using «like» or «as»: lonely as a cloud.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/20/)
- [Other children often feel lonely at break time too, and a buddy bench or club can help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/7/)
- [Lonely children are sometimes targeted online by adults pretending to be friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lonely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lonely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.